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Big Tech closes political divide over need for tough regulation, senior UK lawmaker says

Big Tech companies are getting increasingly little sympathy from UK policymakers and should expect tougher regulation and enforcement, a senior lawmaker has said.
Damien Collins, who heads a UK parliamentary committee scrutinizing the planned Online Safety Bill, told an online event* yesterday that lawmakers and the general public were now

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Sam Clark

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Sam has covered data privacy and security in the UK and Ireland for MLex since November 2021. He previously covered data protection for trade publication Global Data Review, as well as reporting on technology, media and telecoms businesses for S&P Global. He has a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s degree in journalism, both from the University of Kent.

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